The 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to February 17, 2008. The festival opened with Martin Scorsese's documentary film Shine a Light. Be Kind Rewind by Michel Gondry served as the closing film. Greek-French filmmaker Costa Gavras, was selected to serve as the Jury President at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to Brazilian film Tropa de Elite directed by José Padilha. The retrospective dedicated to Spanish film-maker Luis Buñuel was shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International jury Costa-Gavras, director, screenwriter and producer (Greece) - Jury President Uli Hanisch, production designer (Germany) Diane Kruger, actress (Germany) Walter Murch, director and editor (United States) Shu Qi, actress and model (Taiwan) Alexander Rodnyansky, producer (Russia) Best First Feature Award Jury Ben Barenholtz, producer and distributor (United States) Dominique Cabrera, director and screenwriter (France) Jasmila Žbanić, director, screenwriter and producer (Bosnia and Herzegovina) International Short Film Jury Marc Barbé, actor and director (France) Ada Solomon, producer (Romania) Laura Tonke, actress (Germany) In competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: Key {| class="wikitable" width="550" colspan="1" | style="background:#FFDEAD;" align="center"| † |Winner of the main award for best film in its section |- | colspan="2"| The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively. |} Awards The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: Golden Bear Golden Bear for Best Film – Tropa de Elite by José Padilha Silver Bears Jury Grand Prix (Grand Prize of the Jury): Standard Operating Procedure by Errol Morris Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood Best Actor: Reza Naji for Avaze gonjeshk-ha Best Actress: Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky Best Script: Wang Xiaoshuai for In Love We Trust Outstanding Artistic Contribution: For the Music of There Will Be Blood by Jonny Greenwood Alfred Bauer Prize: Fernando Eimbcke for Lake Tahoe FIPRESCI Award: Fernando Eimbcke for Lake Tahoe References External links 58th Berlin International Film Festival 2008 Yearbook 2008 at berlinale.de Berlin International Film Festival B B 2008 in Berlin 2008 in German cinema